Landscape Planning: Multiscalarity at the 14th Landscape Architecture Congress
Alejandra Roldán Villegas tells us about the 14th Landscape Architecture Congress, highlighting the multiscalarity of landscape design, collaboration between professionals and academics, and how the discipline contributes to sustainability and addressing the climate crisis in her article: Landscape Planning: Multiscalarity at the 14th Landscape Architecture Congress.
This past September, Landuum Landscape Magazine witnessed a highly significant event for the community of landscape designers, landscape architects, and nature enthusiasts in Mexico City. From September 24–27, 2025, the 14th Landscape Architecture Congress took place, organized by the Mexican Society of Landscape Architects (SAPmx) in collaboration with the Metropolitan Autonomous University, the School of Architecture of Anáhuac University, and the Kaluz Museum.
The congress included lectures, keynote talks, tours, and workshops focused on exploring the landscape under this edition’s theme: “From the garden to regional design for building sustainable territories.”
Descubriendo el sistema de la granja urbana vertical / Discovering the vertical urban farm system.
Fotografía / Photography: Universidad Anáhuac
Activities began with a tour of the new spaces of Chapultepec Forest, led by Maritza Hernández and Taller Mauricio Rocha, visiting the Environmental Cultural Center, the Cablebús, the New Cineteca, and the Serpientes y Escaleras space, showcasing new landscape and architectural interventions in the urban context.
On September 25, the inauguration took place at Anáhuac University’s Mexiquense Auditorium, featuring prominent figures such as Eliseo Arredondo, founding member of SAPmx and of the Bachelor’s Degree in Landscape Architecture at UNAM, along with SAPmx authorities and former presidents.
Homenaje a Eliseo Arredondo / Homage to Eliseo Arredondo
Fotografía / Photography: Universidad Anáhuac
During these days, attendees participated in lectures and panels such as “Challenges in Landscape Architecture Education in Mexico,” led by experts from UNAM, UAM, and Anáhuac University Mexico, covering design, resilience, ecology, and sustainability.
On September 26 and 27, the Kaluz Museum hosted Landuum Landscape Magazine, showcasing our printed editions and a landscape intervention indoors and on the terrace by Fabiola Molina in collaboration with Sebastián MacGregor, with participation from strategic partners in gardening and landscaping.
Intervención en terraza / Terrace intervention
Fotografía / Photography: Universidad Anáhuac
Saturday, September 27, featured special guests such as Megumi Andrade Hashimoto, Armando Pliego Ishikawa, and Érika Belén Villagómez, along with a workshop by María José Soulé on designing successful plant palettes. The panels “Art and Landscape” and “Water in the Landscape” and lectures by Susana Malón, Wolke Tobón, Aurelio Sánchez, and Claudia Hernández were widely attended and streamed online, with strong student engagement.
Érika Villagómez
Fotografía / Photography: Steph Krieg
Panel 02 “Arte y paisaje” / “Art and landscape” conference
Fotografía / Photography: Steph Krieg
Landuum organized the Photography Contest with SAPmx and participated in the awards ceremony, which also recognized the winners of the Graphic Poster Contest, with their works displayed in the poster exhibition at the Kaluz Museum.
The congress concluded on September 28 with a guided tour of downtown Mexico City by Eduardo Reséndiz Archundia, exploring the history of Mexico-Tenochtitlán, its postcolonial transformation, and the evolution of its green spaces and landscaping.
The event strengthened the Landscape Architecture community, disseminating the discipline nationally and internationally, celebrating the multiscalarity of the territory, and confronting climate change.
Premiación del concurso de fotografía y cartel gráfico / Awards Ceremony for the Photography and Poster Contest
Fotografía / Photography: Omar Espinosa
This event strengthened the Landscape Architecture community, promoted the new Bachelor’s Degree in Landscape Architecture at Anáhuac University, and highlighted the discipline’s work nationally and internationally, emphasizing its importance in addressing climate change and environmental challenges.
We thank SAPmx, the National Landscape Architecture Congress, IFLA (International Federation of Landscape Architects), museums, universities, and strategic partners for their collaboration and support, and we are pleased to announce that Landuum Landscape will publish a special e-book edition dedicated to this 14th edition, compiling each lecture as recognition of the shared work.
Panel 04 “Soluciones sostenibles para el diseño de espacios abiertos” / “Sustainable solutions for open space design”
Fotografía / Photography: Steph Krieg
